Vending machine



G. MARSDEN vENnING MACHINE F'iled sept. 15.11925 llm- -ul Feb. 15",1927.

- INVENTOR:

GEORGE MARS DE, y By.. Mee-Wj @Eolias mesma, lor. .LoslaNeaLEs@Millionaire 'A provide v a. vend' Patented Feb. 15,1927.- y

- f Pears-emmener Melilli@ E. CALEQENI i v SVENDrNG MAciiI'NE.

'f Aippatatina' mea septinber'iaf i925; Vjseriaim. 56,1524.

l. This invention 4relates to (devicesfused for Avending small artiolesvmechanically the.. intervening of na doin orthelike.V y l s lj O'neXi'the"objeetsgofthis invention is; to

iig niaohine'ofzljsiiiiple Aform` n Y fpartly through thesto'rin'gfdrrunin conjunc-` to thelea'st troilble.`

l"AnoztherA "objeotfis to provide discharging' yijnehanisni' yvyyliiclfiarticlesk to, be i yended Another 'object is to provideV faireremoved' .fromY under r.the ren'iaining piles or `columns' theautomatically returning p A Y bery of .the Yendingniaehinelwithltheh'andle member Within''theibase-member; ,and a por- Coi'nfholdingtriggeror. handle-'menibera Y l llsplaying drum by v'which the artielesftoY be? :yended'vare 'l n i'oved in a" eironlar,pathduring the `Vending.operations, hayingapoeke't in the. support- ,j lingbase Withintliefpathof thedisplayed ar- Mtlilespjandxo'f xa. depth: to'lreceive, a desired#number ofthe storedartioles preparatory yto Y being discharged `fromthe yenvdinginaohine. 2o

,- Another objet ist 4provide, asupporting `base foraAyending'cma'ehine"Withffsneh a'- pooketj and an y opening 1n'connection there-K withI 'through lWlnch 1the lowered articles;

may' bef disehja rged from 'the pocket. y,

. .Another .Object is te Provide e lelvne Y platform below7 suchanopeningfspaeed "be-` lo'wkthe underside of they base to such an eX? 4i ythe disohargingelite. y n 1 l n A i grnfentary,yerticalfseetion*vthrough the, drinn:illustratingthe engaging *i Y tent toallowalmoying.of the separated arti- Cles between the base ,andthe .platform in thedirection of'another opening from which such' separated and disohargedyartielesmay be taken by an operator,y

inal opening. and which( handle-member serves also tobrotate thedriimWith `Jche lstored articles vt'obring thedifferent `rip-` right columnsof stored Varticles in the drum r over the I,pocket vin Athe 'topsurface'of the base preparatory tobemgseparated and. dis-y eharged. fromthe stored articles in [the Vend! the handle.member.` l n j Y Y to`provide ayieldingl Closing gate or valve=`lbefore the discharging'chiitejto Cheek the, discharging V.movement ing ymaehine by the.returningpmoiieinent of Another object is Aso-'as toke'epthe""dischar'ged articles from falling to the ground. y."

O her objectsr` W base member. 7

l appear from l th'ejyfol-l I 'lle'i'ingdesription d appended olairisas' Avaromi] d Well as vfrom Athe aeco'inpanying drawingg in f-lwhieh'-"' l Figi l is a iont elevation of the Nendmg inaehfine*embodying "iny'finvention. (Fig. f2 rsfafraginenta yf'hori'zontalsectionof. l'the' different oper-rating parts. y y Y VFiglis atop planviewfofthe base mehr tioiro the. operating spider yjust'fl'above thev j .Figilis ad'ragmentary Vertiea'ljsection l'through"Y'tlrie operating'mechanism'A l of the vending vmachine, app'roxiin'atelyi on Vfline AFig. 5jis a fraginentarys'ection similar toy y. `the illustration 1inFig. ,4 with ythefoperafting tion.E

parts Y moved to v janA advanced posi- V 'Fig 61similarsectionasilliistrated in Y "Figs; il and jWith thevvpar-tsstillrfurther adyaneedin the operating 1movement.. f

f .is a, fragmentary side elevation of the ybaseV member :Witlra'closing`valve' over position f the spider fg v f To; assure aidisoharging'andyendinefof 'articles in certain qiiantities'andE to elif'm'- nate Lor.4 avoid y' asI far as possible breaking'.A

:for crushing of articles ldaring; the vending Operation) 6r t0 avoclllfeventual @legging of the vending maohine, afprovislovnis made '90Y vf toseparate and seleetfga-d'e'siredquantityof andfrom the stored'articles'preparatory to ya final, disohargingv the separated y landr selectedarticles. e

.The coin-controlled lever 9v serves preferl ably te flelrell'glhfSelected and Generated artieleaeand most adyantageously dnringjthereturning moyernentofthe leverfto its fin- .2, aspri'ng 10isfiifidicatedfin apositionlthat it may return .the .lever 9 baci; tonormal inoperative.' position, the'leyer fbeing in this illustrationindicated. in; its, advanced y'posioperative position....The returning'of 'theA I lever 1s .preferably madev v.autogr'natiel In'Fig.

bolt 11 serves to hold the whole vendingmachine together, between thebottom-plate 12 and the top-plate 13. A casing 111v of transparentmaterial, such as glass, is inserted between the base-member 15 and thetopillustrated-in .Figs 1, 2 and 8, the drum is made ot sheet material,consisting of the lvertically disposed trough-like portions 17,

interconnected over the outside by the strips Y13 clinchedover the outeredges ot the porl lseparated articles are moved away from tl ey.circulating path of the rotating drum, while tions 17, and centrallyconnected by disc-like members 19. The .lowermost ends ot thetrouglrlike portions are preferably extended beyond theA lowermostcentral "connecting plate 19, so thatv the different prongs 2O of theoperating spider-plate 21 may engage and project into the space betweenthe different vertically disposed troughs, to` allow a transmitting o'tthe rotating movements ot the .operating spider 21 to the storing drum.

The base-member 15 is provided with a separating and selecting recess22, into which the lowermost articles are caused to drop as they passover this'recess in the circular path ot their movement in thedrum. Thisrecess 22 is made ot such a depth to receive a de.- sired number'ofarticles out ot the particular vertically disposed trough justpositioned over the recess in the base. By making the depth yot the`recess equal to the thicknesses of the desired number ot articles wantedat one operation, such 'a' selecting and separat ing is therebypredetermined so as to assure la discharging of thecorrect quantity otarticles. `The sidewalls ot the recess are preterably shaped so that theseparated articles 'are' suitably shifted in a sidewise direction whileadvanced forthedischarging move-r ment, as indicated at 23 in Fig.

i y By the -curving ot Lthe edges 23 as illustrated, the

the articles remaining in the drum are kept above the base by theportion 2K1. ot the base, just beyond the recess 22.V

The separated -articles are pushed from Y the'recessedv portion of thebase until. the

'front edge of the separatedv articles drops down upon the lever 1n themanner illustrated in Fig. 5, as indicated at 25. On advancing the lever9 and thereby the spider 21 with the drum 16 still further, the rearedge 'of separated articles is caused to drop from the recessed portion22 of the baseV member 15, as indicated at 26 in Fig. (3. The separatedarticles then drop from the lever 9 as the lever is stillfurtheradvanced, so that the separated articles come to rest on the plat- .form27 of the bot-tom plate 28.

vits normal inoperative position.

Since the operating lever 9 is advanced against the tension ot' thespring 10, von releasing the lever itV automatically returns to In soreturning to its inoperative position, however, the lever comes to-vhitthe separated articles-resting on the platform 27, and, by the force ofthe spring 10, the lever pushes and shoots the separated articles fromthe platform into the chute 28, from which it may be taken by theoperator.

Y To prevent a `moving` ot the drum, more particularly the verticallydisposed'troughs, for a distance more than from one trough to the next,a suitable checking mechanism has Vbeen interposed. vllVithout vanychecking means it might be possible to jerk the operating lever 9suddenly and ktast enough to cause the drum 'to move beyondv apredetermined distance, and thereby Vallow a discharging of articlesfrom the drum ot a `greater than a desired quantity. The lever 9 isthere-tore provided with an extension-end y30, as illustrated in Figs.2, a and 5, having Y a downwardly bent portion 31. A check, in

'form of a rivet or the like, is provided in the base member 15, asindicated at 32, tor amovement in a vertical direction, and so as toextend into the path of the spider-prongsl 20. The bend or dip 31 of theoperating lever 9is arrange-d vso thatthe rivet orl check is therebyallowed to drop longsenough to allow one vot the spider-prongs 20rtoVpass over this point as the lever is advanced.`

An interconnection is normally established between the operating lever 9andthe prongs,

or one ot the prongs 20 at a time,vby interposing a coin or the like inthe slot 34 so to engage with the prongs 2O of the loperating spider 21,as indicated at 29 in Figs. 1

and 5. rIhe operating spider is therefore `also advanced together withthe advancing of the operating lever 9. A quick jerking ol the levermight therefore cause a moving of the spider therewith oi'1 the drumbeyond a predetermined distance. p Y

' However, no matter how quick' the operating lever 9 is moved, thecheck is always forced to a point above the surface ot the base and intothe path ol'y the prongs 2O of the operating spider that only one prong2O can pass ata time, and 'that is only at the moment when the dip 31 otthe lever 9 passes below the cheek rllhis is illustrated in Figs. 4.-and 5, the prong 20, being in Fig. 4 at a point ust after the check 32with the. check 32 still held on the l'ligh point 3() ot' the lever 9;while, in the advancedposition of the le- -ver 9 in Fig. 5, the dip 31oit the lever 9 hav- Cil `spring 33.

check, in addition toi'easilyi'acting by gravity, to assure a properoperating, espeating lever having means to interconnect, the

lever with the drum by the insertion of a coin oi` the like formovingthe idruin, fined means to receive and hold` a desired number vofarticlesfrom the drum and adapted to hold such articles so that saidoperating lever Will discharge the articles so held by a return of thelever to its inoperative position.

2. In a vending' machine, a drinn for movably storing articles to bevended, an operating lever having means to interconnect the lever withthe drum by the insertion of a coin or the like for moving the drum andthereby moving certain of the stored articles into a fixed separatingcompartment,

fixed means to receive and hold such separated Varticles so that saidoperatinglever will discharge the articles by a return to its normalinoperative position;

3. In a vending machine, a drum for storing articles to be veiided, anoperating lever having means to interconnect the lever with the drum bythe insertion ofv a coin or the like for moving the drum and therebymoving certain-of the articles into fixed separated position, fixedmeans for receiving and holding the separated articles in 'dischargingposition, and means for receivingl and Y,

holding the articles after the articles have been removed from thedischarging positionr4 by a returnv of the operating lever to its normalinoperative position.

Ll. In a vending machine, a drum for storing articles to be veiided,means to allow certain of the stored articles to drop from the storedposition in the drum to a lower level into a lined separated positiomfixed means to allow the separated articles to drop to a still lowerposition free of and below the drum, an operating-lever having means toreceive and hold a coin or the like for.

interconnecting the lever with the drum for moving the drum and Vtherebythe stored The upper,l extension-end 38 serves articles to occupy theydifferent positions named above and adapted to discharge the articlesfrom the last-named position yby a returning to its normaly inoperativeposition.

5. In a vending machine, a drum for storing articles to be vended, abase for sup-l porting the drum havinga recess into which Vcertain ofthe articles may drop fi'om the drum in operative contactv with the drumandhaving an opening at the termination of the recess, a platform in the'base ust below the, said opening and v'spaced from the underside of thebase to such an eXte-ntthat the Vsaid certain articles ma 1 ass from theto of the platform under .the underside `ofthe top of the base 'for adischarging operation.l and.' an operating ,lever swingablyY disposed inthe space between the top of the said platform and the underside of thebase and adapted to push said articles from the platform, the operatinglever having means to receive and hold'a coin or the'like-for inter`Vconnecting the lever with the drum for movling the drinn and thereby thestored articles.v 6. In a vending machine, a drum for storingarticlestobe vended, a base for supporting the drum, an operating lever, foractuatingv the drum and thereby the stored articles andv having'a dropportion, and a; checking pin loosely disposed in the base andr y adaptedto pass over and through said drop portion extending to apoint tocontrolthe Vmovements of the drum lso that the drum; 'is movableonly toa-certain extent `in one operation of the leverthe'v operating leverhaving'means to receive and Vhold a coin'or .the like forinterconnectingthe lever with the drum for moving thedrum and therebyv fthe stored articles. 'f Y y r ff r- In a vendingmachine, a drum forstoring articles to be vended, a base for suppoifting-the drum landhaving a recessedportion terminating before the discharging opening atapoint over which (the stored articles in the drum must pass, andanoperating lever vdisposed below-the recessed portion and below thedischarging opening and havingv coin holding means bywhich the drumr canbe actuated so lthat certain of the articles will first drop into therecessed portion and then with the front edge upon the operating leverso that the rear yedge of the articles ile will be caused to drop fromthe recessed portion before the front edge of the articles will" dropfrom the lever as the lever and thereby the drum are advanced further. V

In testimony that I claim the .'ioi'ego-ing asy my invention I havesigned my name.

i GEORGE MAR'sDEN.

